Rushden Transport Museum

Rushden Transport Museum is situated in the old Midland Railway Station of 1894 which once formed part of the Wellingborough to Higham Ferrers branch line. Taken over by the Rushden Historical Transport Society in 1984 the station also provides the society with a social club.

Oundle Museum

Oundle Museum is an award-winning accredited museum with displays about our history from prehistoric to modern times including many exhibits from Roman, Saxon and Medieval periods. Next to the permanent display gallery there is an exhibition room which changes each year.

Boughton House

Northamptonshire home of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry, Boughton began as a Tudor building and was transformed into the "English Versailles". The outstanding collection of fine arts within the house is complemented by the Grade One listed historic landscape.

Deene Park

Surrounded by park and beautiful gardens with long borders, roses and specimen trees, this Tudor and Georgian mansion has been the home of the Brudenell family since 1514, including the 7th Earl of Cardigan who led the Charge of the Light Brigade.

Southwick Hall

Built by Sir John Knyvett, Lord Chancellor to Edward III, Southwick Hall dates from the 14th century. As a family manor house with Tudor rebuilding and Georgian and Victorian additions, there are exhibitions on Victorian and Edwardian life, with collections of agricultural and carpentry tools and local archaeological finds.

78 Derngate

The house was remodelled by the world-famous designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh in his iconic Modernist style. The gallery upstairs is free to enter and has a series of exhibitions throughout the year. The dining room and the in-house boutique restaurant offers a full range of delicious contemporary cuisine.

Phipps' Albion Brewery

The 1884 Albion Brewery was restored in 2014 and now produces a wide range of heritage ales and stout as well as distilling artisan gins. The working brewery can be viewed from the bar from Tuesday to Sunday with longer brewery tours available at set times.

Wellingborough Museum

The Wellingborough Museum is housed within the historic Dulley's Baths building built by David Dulley in 1892. George Cox, who had worked for the brewery, bought the building and converted it into a shoe factory in 1919. It remained a shoe factory until 1994, when Cox's moved to larger premises.

Peterborough Museum

Located in one of the city’s most historic buildings, Peterborough Museum has a wealth of stories to fascinate and enthrall the whole family.With amazing objects and interactive displays for all ages, the collections comprise over 200,000 items of great national and international importance.

Rockingham Castle

A royal castle for 450 years and a family home for all that time. The pre-dominantly Tudor building, within Norman walls, has architecture, furniture and works of art from every century. Explore 18 acres of stunning formal and wild gardens.

Kirby Hall

One of England's greatest Elizabethan houses, built in the hope of receiving Queen Elizabeth 1 on one of her annual 'progresses' around the country. Explore the Great Garden, laid out in elaborate and intricate 'cuwork' parterres.

The Prebendal Manor and Tithe Barn Museum

The Grade I listed Prebendal Manor House is the earliest surviving dwelling in Northamptonshire. A visit to this award winning manor includes the Tithe Barn museum, a dovecote exhibition, and the largest re-created medieval gardens in Europe.

Wollaston Museum

Wollaston Museum is tucked away but well worth exploring! We have the local history museum itself, Curiosity Cottage which is set up as it would have been in the early 20th century and "a little gem", plus Beacon Hill, an English Heritage motte and bailey castle mound.